Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W 1160, Thomas Estes, Va.

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Estes, Thomas E or Estices
W 1160
B.L.Wt. 26461-160-55.
Cynthia
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25360
West Tennessee
Thomas Estes
of Lawrence in the State of Tennessee who was a private in the company commanded by Captain Wooten of the reg't commanded by Col. McCallahan in the Prisoner line for 2 years
Let to J.L.W. Fowler 23 Apr 1851
Inscribed on the Roll of West Tennessee at the rate of 80 Dollars 00 Cents per annum to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 30 day of Dec 1823 and then M c Inge No 16
Arrears to the 4th of Sept 900.00 Semiant. allowance ending March 40.00
$240.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Jam Boyd Clerk
Book 8 Vol. 7 Page 77

Esther A. Estes widow of Thomas Estes
Esther, who served in the Revolutionary war, as a nurse
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate of 80. Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence on the 3d February, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1st day of November 18 and sent to J. G. H. Tomlin Jackson Tenn.
Recorded on Roll of Pensioners under act February 3, 1853, Page 181. Vol. a
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1890 History M. S. Records - history G. S. W.
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135227 det maris 1/51 May 15 { 55
Cynthia Foster wid Thomas Foster Pair.
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Rev. pensioned Tenn Feb 53 - 2734
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Geo. W. Talbot Spring Creek Tenn
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State of Tennessee Lawrence County Circuit court August Term 1832 On this 28 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before William C Kennedy Judge of the 6 th Judicial Circuit of said State now holding the Circuit court for the County of Lawrence in said State now in saying Thomas Estes a resident citizen of the county of Lawrence and State of Tennessee aged about seventy one years and was about fifteen years old at the Declaration of Independence but has no record of his age who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein stated to wit That he enlisted under Joseph Hodgeson first Lieutenant at the Town of Williams- burg State of Virginia for the term of one year in January 1775 in the 7 th Virginia Regiment of the Virginia Line and served under Captain William Mosely led Joseph M c Clanahan and William Woodfor Brigadier General that he was marched from Williamsburg to Baltimore Maryland where he was put on the place of William Hodgeson and served until the 15 th day of February 1778 in all a year of fifteen days when he was discharged at the Camp at Valley Forge State of Pennsylvania that he also volunteered in the State of South Carolina Summer 1778 about 14 miles South of Charlestown about the 1 st of March 1780 under Peter Roger Captain Colonel headed Mason and General Lincoln for the term of six months and at the end of seven months and ten days he was discharged at Horse River on the

North Carolina line that he again volunteered in the county of Halifax State of Virginia in March 1780 for the term of six months under Captain Paul Maddington, Keight Richardson Colonel and Robert Stephens General and at the end of said term lacking ten days he was discharge- ed in Hillsboro North Carolina having served in all two years one month & fifteen days that he has no living witnesses to his service except the certificate of John Milham That he was in the Battle of Brandywine Germantown Stone and Glens' defeat that he lost all his discharges at the burning of his house in Grainger County East Tennessee his discharges as well as he recollects were signed by M. Woodford when in the regular army and Paul Maddington and Peter Rogers when a Volunteer. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency in any State or territory Sworn to and subscribed the day & year aforesaid
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 28 th day of August 1832 Thomas Estes mark Mark Knight clerk
State of Tennessee Lawrence County Circuit Court August Term 1832 On this 29 th day of August 1832 personally appeared Lawrence McLean and Henry Coomer and made oath that they live in the neighbourhood of Thomas Estes who is an applicant for a pension and that the said Thomas Estes is a man of veracity that he is so regarded in his neighbourhood and he is regarded in his neighbourhood to be a soldier of the Revolution and from his character for veracity his reputation as a soldier and the facts which he relates they believe he is about the age he states, and

That he is a soldier of the revolution sworn to and subscribed in open court the date above
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 29 th day of August 1832 Samuel McLean Henry J. Seaman
Mark Mark
State of Tennessee Lawrence county circuit court August Term 1832
On the 29 th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honorable William C. Kennedy Judge of the Sixth Judicial circuit of the State of Tennessee John McIlhann a citizen of Madison county State of Alabama and made oath in due form That he is acquainted with Thomas Estes a citizen of Lawrence county Tennessee and was acquainted with one Thomas Estes in the 7 th Virginia Regiment in the continental line and that he believes him to be the same man and doth hereby certify that that the said Thomas Estes served in said regi- ment about one year as far as he can now rec- ollect Sworn to and subscribed in open court the day and year aforesaid
John McIlhann
Sworn to and subscribed in open court the 29 th day of August 1832
Mark
State of Tennessee Lawrence county circuit court August Term 1832
This day Thomas Estes produced in open court his declaration for a pension which was sworn to and sub- scribed in open court and ordered to be

filed as a record of the court together with his several affidavits interrogatories and answers thereto and the said court as hereby declare their opin- ion after the investigation of the matter and after hearing the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department that the above named application was a revolutionary soldier and served as he states and the court further certifies that it appears that Samuel McLean Kenny common and John Milam are credible persons and that their statement is entitled to credit.
State of Tennessee Lawrence County I William M c Knight clerk of the circuit court for Lawrence County State of Tennessee do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings in the matter of the application of Thomas Estes for a Pension. In testimony whereof I have here- unto set my hand and affixed my private seal there being no seal of office the 6 th day of September 1832
William M c Knight Clerk
I certify that I am acquainted with William M c Knight Clerk of the circuit court of the county of Lawrence in the State of Tennessee and believe the signature above purporting to be his official signature is genuine
27 th Dec. 1832
Wm Lloyd M c C.

Declaration of Cynthia Estes.

State of Tennessee { On this the 21 st day of May Hardeman County } A.D. One thousand Eight Hun- dred and fifty three, person- ally appeared before me M c B. Ruffin a justice of the peace of said County and state (and one of the county Court of said County and state, which is a court of record), Cynthia Estes a resident of Hardeman County and state aforesaid aged ninety years, who first be- ing duly sworn according to law, doth, on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of congress, passed on the 3 d of Febru- ary 1833, granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the revolutionary war ; that she is the widow of Thomas Estes, who was a pensioner of the United States under the act of the 7 th of June 1832 at the rate of Eighty dollars per annum, that the said Thomas Estes was on the pension roll of the Nashville Agency Tenn. and that he was paid at said Agency, that he was placed on said Roll on the day of 1833 (to the best of her recollection), and that she refers to the proof now on file in the pension office at Washington City, to show the rank of the said Thomas Estes, the time when he entered and left the service, the names and rank of the officers under whom the service was performed, the place in which he resided when he left the service. She further declares that she was married to the said Thomas Estes on the 1 st day of July 1812, that her said husband died on the 10 th day of September 1833 that she was not married

to him prior to the second of January Eighteen husband, but at the time above stated - she fur- ther declares that she is now a widow Cynthia his Estlin mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day and year above written, and I further certify that I am personally acquainted with the said Cynthia Estlin and that she is unable, from bodily infirmity, to attend any court of record, and that the state- ments set out in the foregoing declaration, I believe to be true
M. B. Ruffin J.P.
State of Tennessee } I R.P. Beely _____ Clerk Hardeman County } of the County Court of Hard- man County State of Tennessee do hereby certify that M.B. Ruffin _____ is a justice of the peace and one of the county court in and for said County and State, which court is a court of record, that he is duly commission- ed and qualified, that his commission was dated on the 17 th day of March 1853 and will expire on the 17 th day of March 1854 and that his signature above written is genuine.
Given under my hand and the seal of said County this the 26 th day of May 1853
R.P. Beely CLK

State of Tennessee } Hardeman County }
On this the 21 st day of May A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three, personally appeared before me M c . B. Ruffin a justice of the peace in and for said County and state and whose genuine signature is on the opposite page, Nancy Estes aged about fifty eight years and whom I am personally acquainted and who is a creditable witness, and after being duly sworn according to law deposeth and saith, that she is well acquainted with the said Cynthia Estes, widow of Thomas Estes deceased, and that she saw the said Cynthia Estes lawfully married to the said Thomas Estes in the County of Franklin in the state of Tennessee on the 1 st day of July 1812 by one Richard Calaway an action Justice of the peace and that she is now the widow of said Thomas Estes deceased who was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States sworn to and subscribed before me the day and date above written
M c . B. Ruffin J.P.
} Nancy x Estes mark

State of Tennessee, ss. County of Hardeman ss.
On this twenty first day of March, A. D. one Thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, personally appeared an acting justice of the peace, before me, Cynthia Estes, age 92 years, a resident of Hardeman county, in the State of Tennessee, who being duly sworn according to law declares upon her oath that she is the widow of Thomas Estes, who was a private in the Revolutionary war. She further declares that she is the identical Cynthia Estes, who is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of eighty dollars per annum, commencing on the 3rd of February, 1853, and payable at the Jackson Agency.
She further declares that she has remained the widow of the aforesaid Thomas Estes, and is still his widow.
She makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the land due her under the act of Congress passed March 3rd 1855. She further declares that she has not received a bounty land warrant under this or any other act of Congress nor made any application therefor.
Witness:
Rev. W. Talbot R. C. Estes
Cynthia her Estes mark
Sworn and subscribed before me on the day and year above written. And I do hereby certify of my own personal knowledge that Cynthia Estes, is the identical person she represents herself to be, and that she has in her possession a certificate of pension.
W. B. Ruffin H. for Hardeman County

State of Tennessee } Hardeman County } I R.P. Keely clk of the County Court, in and for the County and State above mentioned, do hereby certify that W.P. Kuffin Esq whose genuine signature appears to the foregoing Certificate is, and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice in and for the County and State aforesaid, duly Commissioned and sworn; That all his official acts as such are entitled in full faith and Credit; and that the aforesaid County Court is a Court of Record having general Jurisdiction
Given under my hand and seal of office at Bolivar this 22 o Mar A D 1888 R.P. Keely clk
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Agnes Davis Marshall

Shis Bates  BRIEF in the case of  Country of Lawrence  in the State of Tennessee  (Act 7th June, 1839.)
 1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court  2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  3. How old is he? 71  4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     enlisted In 1779 for 14 served out the Private 7 Va Regt.   Feby - 1778 Term 75 days over Colo M c Clanahan   March 1780 - - 67. - 10 Capt n Mosley   March 1781 - - 5 - 20 Capt n Rogers   therefore he Capt n Paul Washington   says 2 years 1 mo   915 days  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? Brandanville Germantown & Stone -  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Town of Williamsburg Virga  7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Living & traditional evidence  8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? not authenticated 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
John C. Ashton
Examining Clerk.

December 19, 1934
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Thomas Estes-W.1160 BA-J/AWF
Mr. Sam Adams Cleveland Mississippi
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Estes of Virginia.
The data which obtained were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1160, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Estes, the name is also found Estices.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Thomas Estes enlisted in Williamsburg, Virginia, in January, 1777, served as a private in Captain William Moseley's company, Colonel McClanahan's Seventh Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and was discharged February 15, 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He volunteered in South Carolina about fourteen miles south of Charleston, March 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Peter Rodgers' company, Colonel David Mason's regiment, was in the battle of "Gates' Defeat", length of service seven months and ten days. He volunteered in Halifax County, Virginia, in March, 1781, served six months "lacking ten days" in Captain Paul Wadlington's company, Colonel Holt Richardson's Virginia regiment. He stated that he was in the battle of Stone, no details of this tour given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was aged about

seventy-one years and living in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Thomas Estes married July 1, 1812 in Franklin County, Tennessee, Cynthia, her maiden name is not stated. He died September 10 or 11, 1833 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
His widow, Cynthia Estes, was allowed pension on her application executed May 21, 1853, at which time she was ninety years of age and a resident of Hardeman County, Tennessee. She died June 22, 1855.
Nancy Estes aged fifty-eight years in 1853 and a resident of Hardeman County, Tennessee, and John Estes, a resident of Lawrence County, Tennessee, both stated that they were present at the marriage of Thomas Estes and Cynthia "Estes". R. C. Estes was of Hardeman County, Tennessee in 1855. It is not shown that these persons were related to each other and it is not stated that they were related to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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W. H. Oakes Wid. of Thomas
St. H. Louis Aug 30 1853
Act. 3 d Feby. 1853

Jackson Tenn.
June 14 th 1853
Dear Sir
Enclosed please find the application of Cynthia Este widow of Thomas Este deceased, who was a pensioner on the pension Roll of the Nashville Agency Tenn. Her application is made under the 2 d section of an act of congress passed on the 3 d of February 1853, and I suppose from the reading of the act, that she is entitled to a life pension from the date of the death of her husband, or is she only entitled to a five years pension from the 4 th of July 1836; another five years pension from the 4 th of March 1843 and a life pension from the 4 th of March 1848?
The act says, "they shall be entitled to a pension in the same manner as those who were married prior to 1800," and all of the above acts referred to, were for the benefit of widows of soldiers, who were married prior to 1800. You will observe that the witnesses, who make affidavit to the marriage and death, have signed their names under the certificate of the justice of the peace, but their names are inserted in the body of the affidavit, and the justice certifies that it was sworn to and subscribed before him, and I hope it will all be sufficient. please attend to this at the proper time and save me &c.
S. P. Waldo Esqr.
Com r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Yours Respectfully J. S. H. Howlin

Jackson Tenn.
October 18 th 1853
Sir
Enclosed you will find the affidavit of Cynthia Estes widow of Thos. Estes, avowing that there is no record evidence of the marriage, any other proof that may necessary in her case advise me &c.
Yours Respectfully
J. S. H. Fowler
S. P. Waldo Esqr. Comr. of Pensions Washington D.C.

Jackson April 9 th 1831
Dear Sir
Please do me the favor to examine the pension List Roll of the in your office United States, for the Tennessee Agency at Pulaski and inform me if the name of Cynthia Estes is carried on that Agency, and if so when last paid and under what act. If her name is not on the Roll of the Pulaski Agency, examine the Nashville Agency and see if it is there. She is the widow of Thomas Estes, pensioner under the act of 7 th June 1832 who died on 11 th of Sept r 1833 up to which time he was last paid - Mrs Estes is very old and in very destitute circumstances - She informs me that her name is on the pension List of the Nashville or Pulaski Agency she knows not which at this time as she has forgotten, and she says she received one payment in 1836 or 7 to the best of her recollection - The old lady is entitled to a pension and is very much in need of it, and you will bestow a great favor on me and a poor old indigent mother who is suffering, by giving me all the information you can on this subject.
Your Respectfully W. S. W. Goulin
Hon Wm. H. Heath
Com r of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Spec. Agt.

State of Tennessee Lawrence County Court July Term 1833.
I John Forbes: a clergyman residing in the County of Lawrence State of Tennessee Thomas Ester residing in the same County State hereby certify that I am well acquaint- -ted with Thomas Ester who has sworn to & subscrib- the aforesaid declaration that I believe him to be aged seventy one years that he is respected & beloved in the neighborhood where he resides to have been a soldier of the Revolution & concur in that opinion. I also certify that I could not without great inconvenience attend the trial of the Circuit Court when Mr Ester made his application at the Mr Ester made an application to me to do so. I have examined his application since returned from the war offe- -re & concur with my neighbors as there certified Sworn to & subscribed this 1 st of July 1833
John Forbes
Sworn to & subscribed in open court July 1 st 1833 W H Buchanan CCR

And the Court preceding further certifies that John Farber who has signed the preceding certifi- cate is a clergyman resident in the County of Davi- son State of Tennessee & is a respectable clergyman & that his statement is entitled to credit
Robert D. Hill (S.P.)
Thos. Keele (S.P.)
W. D. (S.P.)
I M c H Buchanan Clerk of the Court at Paris & do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the Supplemental application of Thomas Estes for a pension
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my private seal (there being no seal of office) at office the 15 th day of November 1833
M c H Buchanan Clerk

Harrison Off. 27 Oct. /53
Sir, Please certify the time to which the within 'Namal pension was paid on the date of his death. Yours Respectfully,
J. C. C. For the Commission Thomas Estes, act 1832, $80.00. — p. annum. — Died 11 th Sept. 1833. Paid to his death.
F. Bush Auditor.
Francis Bush Esq. } His Auditor. Mummy }

State of Tennessee } Be it known that on this Hardeman County } the 10 th day of October 1853 before me W.B.
Ruffin — a justice of the peace in and for said county and state and duly authorized by law to administer oaths for general pur- poses, personally appeared Cynthia Estes widow of Thomas Estes, and with whom I am personally acquainted and who is a lady of truth and veracity, and made oath in due form of law, that there is no record evidence of her marriage with the said Thomas Estes, either private or pub- lick, of the truth of which statements I am fully satisfied. } Sworn to and subscribed } the day and year above- mentioned before me.
Synthia her Estes W.B. Ruffin mark JP
State of Tennessee } Hardeman County } I R.P. Keely Clerk of the County Court of said County do hereby certify that W.B. Ruffin Esq. whose genu- ine signature appears to the above affidavit is and was at the time of signing his name an acting justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected, commissioned & qualified and that due faith and credit is due all of his official acts as such In Testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of my office at Bolivar this 10 th day of October A.D. 1853 R.P. Keely CLK

State of Tennessee } On this the 2 18 day of June County of Lawrence } 1883 A.D. One thousand Eight Hundred and fifty three personally appeared before me G. P. Wells a justice of the peace in and for said county and state and duly authorized by law to ad- minister oaths for general purposes Peter Bounce & John Estes
residents of said county and state and with whom I am personally acquainted and who are credible witnesses, and after being duly sworn according to law deposed and saith that they were well acquainted with Thomas Estes deceased, who was the husband of Cy- nthia Estes the said applicant for a pension under the act of congress of the 3 rd of February 1853, and that they were present at his death and burial, saw him die and saw him buried, and they further say that he lived on the day of September 1833 in the county of Lawrence in the state of Ten- nessee and that he was a revolutionary pensioner of the United States, on the pen- sion roll of the Nashville Agency, and that Cynthia Estes is the widow of said Thomas Estes deceased and that she was lawfully married to said deceased, the said John Estes being present and an eye witness to said marriage

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Thos Estes — which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yes II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yes III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yes V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? yes VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yes VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? no

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? living witnesses—
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

Brief in the case of Cynthia Estes, Widow of Thomas Hardeman County and State of Tenn. act 3 d . Feby, 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Husband was a juror under the act of 7 th June 1832.
Marriage proven by two witnesses who were present.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. S. H. Tomlin, Esq., Jackson,
Name and residence of Agent
Tenn.
A. B. [unintelligible] Examining Clerk.

Brief in the case of Cynthia Estes, Widow of Thomas Hardeman County and State of Tenn. act 3 d . Feby, 1853
Claim, ("original," or "for increase")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Marriage was affirmed under the Act of 7 th June 1832. Marriage proven by two witnesses who were present,
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
J. S. H. Tomlin, Esq., Jackson, Tenn. Name and residence of Agent.
A. B. [Signature] Examining Clerk.

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Thomas Estes-W.1160 BA-J/AWF awf
Mr. Sam Adams Cleveland Mississippi
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary War record of Thomas Estes of Virginia.
The data contained herein were obtained from the papers on file in pension claim, W. 1160, based upon the Revolutionary War service of Thomas Estes, the name is also found Estices.
The date and place of birth of this soldier are not given, nor are the names of his parents shown.
Thomas Estes enlisted in Williamsburg, Virginia, in January, 1777, served as a private in Captain William Moseley's company, Colonel McClanahan's Seventh Virginia regiment, was in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown, and was discharged February 15, 1778 at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. He volunteered in South Carolina about fourteen miles south of Charleston, March 1, 1780, served as a private in Captain Peter Rodgers' company, Colonel David Mason's regiment, was in the battle of "Gates' Defeat", length of service seven months and ten days. He volunteered in Halifax County, Virginia, in March, 1781, served six months "lacking ten days" in Captain Paul Wadlington's company, Colonel Holt Richardson's Virginia regiment. He stated that he was in the battle of Stono, no details of this tour given.
He was allowed pension on his application executed August 28, 1832, at which time he was aged about

seventy-one years and living in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
Thomas Estes married July 1, 1812 in Franklin County, Tennessee, Cynthia, her maiden name is not stated. He died September 10 or 11, 1833 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.
His widow, Cynthia Estes, was allowed pension on her application executed May 21, 1853, at which time she was ninety years of age and a resident of Hardeman County, Tennessee. She died June 22, 1855.
Nancy Estes aged fifty-eight years in 1853 and a resident of Hardeman County, Tennessee, and John Estes, a resident of Lawrence County, Tennessee, both stated that they were present at the marriage of Thomas Estes and Cynthia "Estes". R. C. Estes was of Hardeman County, Tennessee in 1855. It is not shown that these persons were related to each other and it is not stated that they were related to the family.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER Executive Assistant to the Administrator

Thomas Ely
In Aug 1832 of Lawrence Co Tenn aged about 71 years
Her home was with all children in Grange Co Tenn
Mar July 1 1812 to Cynthia
No allusion to former marriage
Mary Ely of Hardin Co Tenn aged 58 years believed May 1853 that she was at wedding in Franklin Co Tenn
He died Sept 10 1833 in Lawrence Tenn
John Estus of Lawrence Co Tenn was present at Thomas death & burial
Enlisted Jan 1777 for one year at Newburg under Capt Wm Morris in the 7 Va reg Col Joseph M c Clanahan, going to Baltimore & put in place of M c Hughes & discharged at Valley Forge Feb 15 1778.
He re-enl in March 1780 at a place 14 miles South of Charleston under Capt Peter Roger & Col David Mason for 6 months & discharged on NC Line
In March 1781 he re-enl in Halifax Co Va for 6 mo Capt Paul (Hadlington) 4 Colo G o Richardson & discharged at Hillsboro NC
In Battle of Brandywine (Sept 11 1777) Germantown (Oct 4 1777) Stony (Ferry) (June 20 1779) later defeat at Camden (Aug 16 1780)
Widow in May 1853 of Hardin Co Tenn aged 90 years

Cleveland, Miss. Oct. 5, 1934.
Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Gentlemen:
I would be grateful to you for a copy of Thomas Estes ' pension record from Va. and served in the American Revolution.
Most sincerely,
Sam Adams

Very WIDOW, &c.
File No. 1160
Cynthia Estes,
Widow.
Thomas Estes,
Prin. Rev. War.
Act: Feb. 3, 1858.
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